This is the Message Centre for unisyc

Yo!

Post 61

unisyc

Well, I've always worked on the assumption that the whole of Physics is pretty dodgy. smiley - winkeye

The fact that we're told in astronomy labs that errors in astronomy can go up to 50% doesn't really help, though...

It's sort of like ignoring air resistance, isn't it? I always thought that dodgy.


Yo!

Post 62

Runescribe

Particularly odd, the dismissal of air resistance. Especially when doing mechanics, and calculating exactly where you should drop the politically correct 'aid parcel' to hit the target. I'm sure bombs - sorry, aid parcels - are not invisible to the air.


Yo!

Post 63

unisyc

LOL. smiley - laugh Ah, so true, although I think they do it as much as for our sanity as their own. It's bad enough having to go through all the air resistance calculation for the students, but just imagine correcting it!


Yo!

Post 64

Runescribe

Ugh, what a horrible thought. But surely they must teach it at some point - after all, things do get dropped from aeroplanes. Parachutes exist.


Yo!

Post 65

unisyc

Nah, parachutes are just theoretical objects conjured up by those misguided enough to want to fly. smiley - winkeye

Air resistance only gets taken into consideration after about 2nd/3rd year here, just to make it a bit easier for the 1st-years.


Yo!

Post 66

Runescribe

That may in fact not be unwise - making it easy for the first-years helps prevent them from running away in despair.


Yo!

Post 67

unisyc

Very true, although almost three-quarters of the class disappears between first and second year.


Yo!

Post 68

Runescribe

Really? That's a rather frightening statistic.


Yo!

Post 69

unisyc

Well, I do live in Australia, land of sport and sensationalisation (Want to know what I mean? Go to yahoo7.com.au - it's the website of the Seven Network, an annoyingly sensationalised commercial TV network).

The thing is that first year Physics is needed for a lot of IT courses, but later years aren't, hence the high level of drop-outs.


Yo!

Post 70

Runescribe

That does indeed explain the alarming rate of dropouts.
And hey! England is the land of sport! We invent all the best games. Of course, we then proceed to lose miserably...


Yo!

Post 71

unisyc

LOL. Sorry, but I keep forgetting that you're in England. There's another conversation I'm part of, but the person whom I'm speaking to is in Germany so I keep getting your locations confused. smiley - blush

Well, you won in '66, didn't you? smiley - tongueout Maybe you could do it again in the football this year.


Yo!

Post 72

Runescribe

We did indeed win - forty years ago. I gather (I actually take no interest in the football) that we are in the last sixteen, but I also gather we have lost one of our best players, so our winning seems increasingly unlikely.


Yo!

Post 73

unisyc

You have? I must admit that I've mostly been just following the Socceroos' journey.

I'm not a sporting person myself. I used to swim and the only sport I really play is badminton. I don't even follow Australia's national game, the AFL (jokingly referred to as football - it's more or less rugby with slightly stupider players). I only follow proper football.

Do you play any sports?


Yo!

Post 74

Runescribe

I play absolutely no sports, unless net-surfing counts.

On an entirely different subject, and simply because I am happy - I JUST FINISHED SCHOOL!


Yo!

Post 75

unisyc

Congratulations! Now where's that smiley for some bubbly? smiley - winkeye I'm very tempted to get you something, despite that fact that you're 10 hours behind me. smiley - biggrin

Odd how words can never truly express feeling, isn't it? "Congrats" doesn't say much... But congrats nonetheless.


Key: Complain about this post

More Conversations for unisyc

Write an Entry

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."

Write an entry
Read more